Superb day at Brands Hatch.

CocoPops · Aug 22, 2004

Thanks to Pootle, Stora, Day^ and Dave 182, I had a superb day at Brands Hatch.

Some highlights included:-

"Ill take any man...... as long as hes in leather"
"Follow me, I know where Im going" cue Day^ disappearing down the wrong exit from roundabout!!

"Those loos are far nicer" like any public toilets are nice!
"Im not playing with my boobs.....my bra strap is broken"
"Its not dandruff.......I sunburnt my head"
(All above quotes from Pootle btw

)

All in all, a very good day.

Thanks to Renault and night.icon for sorting my tickets.
Photos to follow.

aaronc · Aug 22, 2004

Yeah was a good day, the final lap of the BTCCs waas superb, coming out of druids they were like the demolition derby lol!

boyracer666 · Aug 22, 2004

i had a great time too, couple of great accidents on track!

was a bit dissapointed the porche gt didnt come out on track but nm

cheers to jeremy for the tickets and jas for picking me!

Jay

CocoPops · Aug 22, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by boyracer666 on 22 August 2004
i had a great time too, couple of great accidents on track!was a bit dissapointed the porche gt didnt come out on track but nmcheers to jeremy for the tickets and jas for picking me!Jay

The Porsche did come out.
Purdy Yellow Carrera GT.
Came out just before the Clio Cup race iirc.

aaronc · Aug 22, 2004

Quote: was a bit dissapointed the porche gt didnt come out on track but nm

It did come out on the track! It was wild, very quick, put the power down coming out of druids and lit up the rear wheels!

dk · Aug 22, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by boyracer666 on 22 August 2004

i had a great time too, couple of great accidents on track!

was a bit dissapointed the porche gt didnt come out on track but nm

cheers to jeremy for the tickets and jas for picking me!

Jay

mate you should have hung around after the last BTCC, the GT came out, it was yellow and did 2 laps, was very nice, he was power sliding it around druids!

You didnt miss much on the clio cup though, it was a very boring race, justg a procession!

my pics are here

http://public.fotki.com/dave182/brands_hatch http://public.fotki.com/dave182/brands_hatch

dk · Aug 22, 2004

doh, third in line, i am getting slow!

Stora · Aug 22, 2004

My fave quote of the day was (again from Pootle):

"Its average" - referring to the Billabong Clio we saw, which pootle then preceded to post a cliosport flyer on the windscreen. however this was only after noticing their alloy wheels and tints. Obviously in Pootles eyes there must be a certain criteria for cliosport members, either that or those of us who drive "average clios" arent quite up to standard!! lol,

Lee · Aug 22, 2004

Its because shes posh Stora.

Stora · Aug 22, 2004

PMSL - Shes lovely really and highly entertaining!!!

boyced · Aug 22, 2004

yeah it was a good day, cliocup race was good alot of 3 wheeled action up at druids.

Think I saw Jas, silver 172 with a private plate?

D-CUP · Aug 22, 2004

The Carrera GT did about 8 laps on Saturday. Sounded very nice.

The Brands indy circuit doesnt seem to make good races for the Clios.

Jas · Aug 22, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by boyced on 22 August 2004

yeah it was a good day, cliocup race was good alot of 3 wheeled action up at druids.

Think I saw Jas, silver 172 with a private plate?

I didnt go in the end

I was on the M25 though so you could have seen me then?

Day · Aug 22, 2004

Cheers Cliosport for the tickets - an excellent day was had by all I think.

Even found a traffic free entrance and a closer car park by taking the "wrong" route ! (oh and a car boot sale...)

It wasnt poor Pootles fault - Im blaming too much torque steer

Pootle · Aug 22, 2004

i had such a good day!! must say a BIG thank you to richy22 for passing his tickets on!!
and im not thanking anyone else, as you lot just picked on me the whole day!!!

(but i had such a good time...thank you!!)

in my defense...i flyered all those cars (well about 4 of them!!) and nearly got run over in the line of duty to put one on the billabong!!

and as for the bra, i dont think you realise just how much pain i was in!! (it obviously hurt more than your wasp sting CocoPops!!

)

just trying to sort out my pictures...the majority of which are a fence and carlube sign!!

should be ready tomorrow at some point.

and day^.... nothing more i can say, apart from great to meet you...eventually

!!

dk · Aug 22, 2004

i had the same problem with my pics too em, it is very difficult to get the camera to focus behind the fence at the cars!

CocoPops · Aug 23, 2004

My wasp sting has turned my arm red this morning!!
I woke up with it itching and stinging like hell.

Little Barstard wasp!!!!

Ill look at my photos tonite, but one thing I did do, was set the focus distance to beyond the fence, so at least the fence was out of focus, and hopefully the cars are in focus etc. Ahh well, what do I know! lol, we will soon see later!

boyced · Aug 23, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Jas on 22 August 2004
Quote: Originally posted by boyced on 22 August 2004yeah it was a good day, cliocup race was good alot of 3 wheeled action up at druids.

Think I saw Jas, silver 172 with a private plate?[/QUOTE]I didnt go in the end

I was on the M25 though so you could have seen me then?

Yeah it was just after the dartford tunnel.

Does anyone on the M25 know how to drive? Middle lane hoggers everywhere!

boyracer666 · Aug 23, 2004

they said it wasnt going to come out the GT-bastids

and i didnt kno bout the clio cup race, i assumed the last race was the 3rd BTCC as i remember readint it finished about 5pm

saw the clio v6 safety car too, very nice as well as the V8 audis and 911

Jay

clio__chris · Aug 23, 2004

mate you should have hung around after the last BTCC, the GT came out, it was yellow and did 2 laps, was very nice, he was power sliding it around druids!

You didnt miss much on the clio cup though, it was a very boring race, justg a procession!

my pics are here

http://public.fotki.com/dave182/brands_hatch http://public.fotki.com/dave182/brands_hatch

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You were sat just down the hill a tiny way from me!!!

dk · Aug 23, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by clio__chris on 23 August 2004

mate you should have hung around after the last BTCC, the GT came out, it was yellow and did 2 laps, was very nice, he was power sliding it around druids!

You didnt miss much on the clio cup though, it was a very boring race, justg a procession!

my pics are here

http://public.fotki.com/dave182/brands_hatch http://public.fotki.com/dave182/brands_hatch

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You were sat just down the hill a tiny way from me!!!

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we should have had cliosport chairs or flags so that we would recognise each other as we know there were at least 60 of us there with the free tickets!

dk · Aug 23, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by CocoPops on 23 August 2004

My wasp sting has turned my arm red this morning!!
I woke up with it itching and stinging like hell.

Little Barstard wasp!!!!

Ill look at my photos tonite, but one thing I did do, was set the focus distance to beyond the fence, so at least the fence was out of focus, and hopefully the cars are in focus etc. Ahh well, what do I know! lol, we will soon see later!

i did this too mate and it worked to a point but not perfectly

clio__chris · Aug 23, 2004

and how do u do that? mine r okish but a bit dodgy

just uploading mine.......

CocoPops · Aug 23, 2004

Heres my pics:
http://homepage.mac.com/lee.cripps/PhotoAlbum5.html http://homepage.mac.com/lee.cripps/PhotoAlbum5.html

dk · Aug 23, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by clio__chris on 23 August 2004

and how do u do that? mine r okish but a bit dodgy

just uploading mine.......

on mine you can set a forced focus rather than automatic so i set it to infinity which focuses on the furthest point which should hopefully be behind the mesh of the fence.

dk · Aug 23, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by CocoPops on 23 August 2004

Heres my pics:
http://homepage.mac.com/lee.cripps/PhotoAlbum5.html http://homepage.mac.com/lee.cripps/PhotoAlbum5.html

good mate, you still had a bit of a problem with the fence like me.

You are sooooo gonna be in trouble once Em see these! You better start runnin........

Lee · Aug 23, 2004

Lee you owe Em a V6 now.

CocoPops · Aug 23, 2004

mwahahaha

Of course I could take it down IF she desperately didnt want it there..... but it might be expensive to remove

D-CUP · Aug 23, 2004

Youre wasting your time trying to take pictures of the races with a digital camera. Why do you think the pros stand there with great big lenses on SLRs?

clio__chris · Aug 23, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by D-CUP on 23 August 2004

Youre wasting your time trying to take pictures of the races with a digital camera. Why do you think the pros stand there with great big lenses on SLRs?

if you dont like them dont look at them! we dont expect superb quality just like u dont expect dvd quality from home movies!

dk · Aug 23, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by D-CUP on 23 August 2004

Youre wasting your time trying to take pictures of the races with a digital camera. Why do you think the pros stand there with great big lenses on SLRs?

yes but they are digital slrs, as long as you are close enough and have no fence in the way you are alright, they arent going to be as good as some multimillion pound digital SLR with a 4 mile lens but not bad for 300 quid.

Theres nothing wrong with the pics posted here

http://forum.cliosport.net/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=13&TopicID=106026&PagePosition=1 http://forum.cliosport.net/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=13&TopicID=106026&PagePosition=1

[Edited by dave182 on 23 August 2004 at 9:17pm]

Day · Aug 23, 2004

It all depends where you are to be honest.

Mine were taken with a Canon A60 digital camera (£99), however I was pretty close to the action.

Unless you have press/photo passes to these events then you just have to live with the circuits furniture im afraid...

[Edited by Day^ on 8/23/2004 9:26:15 PM]

CocoPops · Aug 23, 2004

Day^
Was good to meet you, loving the text under your avatar

Day · Aug 23, 2004

Was good to meet you all

I managed to get lost on the way out too

(was my own fault this time!)

Pootle · Aug 23, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Day^ on 23 August 2004

Was good to meet you all

I managed to get lost on the way out too
(was my own fault this time!)

am i ever going to be allowed to forget that!!

and CocoPops.....thatll be a v6 you owe me now too!!! i did warn you!!

clio__chris · Aug 23, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Day^ on 23 August 2004

Was good to meet you all

I managed to get lost on the way out too
(was my own fault this time!)

haha i nearly went off down the m26 the wrong way as well at the round about down the road...... cos we got sent out a different way to which we came in! was a couple of people circling the round about trying to work out which way to go!!

all fine and dandy and my compliments to the navigator (gf Leah) for not screaming at me for asking the same question 100s of times (ie which junction we wanted off the m25 + m3 + A303)

hopefully NEXT TIME I WILL GET SPOTTED! lol

CocoPops · Aug 24, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by pootle172 on 23 August 2004

and CocoPops.....thatll be a v6 you owe me now too!!! i did warn you!!

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What colour would you like mdear?

My arm is still swollen even this morning!!

Nasty Wasp.

Superb day at Brands Hatch.

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